Capt
Thomas Graham Shillington
Informatie over geboorte
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Geboortejaar: 1898 |
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Geboorteplaats: Portadown, County Armagh, Ierland, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
Algemene Informatie
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Beroep: Student |
Informatie legerdienst
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Land: Ierland, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
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Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Captain |
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Service nummer: / |
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Dienstneming datum: 19/16 |
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Dienstneming plaats: Portadown, County Armagh, Ierland, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
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Eenheden: — Royal Irish Fusiliers, 9th Bn. (Laatst gekende eenheid) |
Informatie over overlijden
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Datum van overlijden: 18/08/1917 |
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Plaats van overlijden: No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Brandhoek, België |
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Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Leeftijd: 19 |
Begraafplaats
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Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3 Plot: II Rij: E Graf: 31 |
Onderscheidingen en medailles 3
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1914-15 Star Medaille |
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British War Medal Medaille |
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Victory Medal Medaille |
Points of interest 2
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| #2 | Dienstneming plaats |
Mijn verhaal
On 16 August 1917, the 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers came under heavy enemy fire. They reached Gallipoli and Hill 35 but the positions were impossible to hold. Due to German counter attacks they had to fall back to their starting position. Thomas was wounded during this attack, he had a gunshot wound to the throat. The 9th Battalion left the line on 17 September and moved to Vlamertinge. Captain Shillington was taken back to the N°3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station in Brandhoek (a hamlet of Vlamertinge), where he died of his wounds on 18 September.
Bronnen 4
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9 Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO 95/2505/2). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Gebruikte bronnen |
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Cunliffe Marcus, The Royal Irish Fusiliers : 1793-1968 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970). Gebruikte bronnen |
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Harris Henry, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (the 87th and 89th Regiments of Foot) (London, Leo Cooper, 1972). Gebruikte bronnen |
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McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018). Gebruikte bronnen |
Meer informatie 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/140473 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=6eaaca18-4489-414b-8a74-467deb82e81e |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4014279 |